Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Certification
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 111 136
Rank change year-on-year +6 +25 +47
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 22 19 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.13% 0.83% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.53% 3.60% 3.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 16
10th Percentile £225 £520 £178
25th Percentile £404 £563 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £645
90th Percentile £669 £750 £684
London median daily rate £500 £498 £538
% change year-on-year +0.50% -7.44% +7.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 486 528 680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.96% 22.96% 20.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 329 417
10th Percentile £313 £363 £325
25th Percentile £442 £463 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +0.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £657 £684
90th Percentile £738 £750 £816
London median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile £25.04 £20.31 £16.89
25th Percentile £26.00 £20.43 £17.31
Median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.67% +33.33% -58.26%
75th Percentile £57.96 £27.00 £47.75
90th Percentile £65.57 - £65.60
London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.29 £54.00
% change year-on-year -22.11% -40.20% +21.20%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Microsoft Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Certification in Central London

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Central London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Central London

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +11 22 £525 -12.50% 8
Microsoft Certification
London

Microsoft Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (31.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (68.18%) Azure
2 12 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (36.36%) Power Platform
4 7 (31.82%) Power Automate
4 7 (31.82%) PowerApps
5 6 (27.27%) Entra ID
6 4 (18.18%) ShareGate
7 3 (13.64%) IaaS
7 3 (13.64%) PaaS
7 3 (13.64%) SaaS
8 2 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (4.55%) Azure AKS
9 1 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (4.55%) Azure Storage
9 1 (4.55%) Azure Table
9 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (4.55%) DHCP
3 1 (4.55%) Internet
3 1 (4.55%) Intranet
3 1 (4.55%) IP Telephony
3 1 (4.55%) Kerberos
3 1 (4.55%) LAN
3 1 (4.55%) NAS
3 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) Power BI
2 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 12 (54.55%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.55%) International Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
1 7 (31.82%) Desktop Support
2 6 (27.27%) Desktop Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Senior
2 6 (27.27%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Senior Desktop Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Senior Desktop Support
2 6 (27.27%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Senior Support Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Support Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Lead
4 3 (13.64%) Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Service Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (4.55%) .NET Core
2 1 (4.55%) ADO
2 1 (4.55%) ARM Templates
2 1 (4.55%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) iPad
1 6 (27.27%) iPhone
2 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (54.55%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Mac OS
3 4 (18.18%) Windows Server
4 2 (9.09%) Linux
5 1 (4.55%) Mac OS X
5 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
5 1 (4.55%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) ITIL
2 7 (31.82%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (27.27%) Investment Management
4 5 (22.73%) Customer Service
4 5 (22.73%) Migration
5 4 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.64%) Change Management
7 2 (9.09%) Asset Management
7 2 (9.09%) CI/CD
7 2 (9.09%) CRM
7 2 (9.09%) DevOps
7 2 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (4.55%) API Management
8 1 (4.55%) Architecture Governance
8 1 (4.55%) Knowledge Transfer
8 1 (4.55%) Observability
8 1 (4.55%) Roadmaps
8 1 (4.55%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.09%) C#
3 1 (4.55%) Bash
3 1 (4.55%) Bicep
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.55%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) MCSA
2 3 (13.64%) MCSE
2 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (9.09%) MCITP
3 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.55%) CCNA
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.55%) MCP
4 1 (4.55%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.55%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.09%) SCCM
2 2 (9.09%) SCOM
3 1 (4.55%) Grafana
3 1 (4.55%) Istio
3 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.55%) Prometheus
3 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Citrix
2 2 (9.09%) HP
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Apple
3 1 (4.55%) Avaya
3 1 (4.55%) Blue Prism
3 1 (4.55%) Polycom
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) UiPath
3 1 (4.55%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Wyse